Contemplating a new build

[coastrider]

First off, just wanna say hi from BC Canada. This is my first post here and you all seem like a great group of smart people, more so than me when it comes to computers. A bit of background on myself, I am a father of 1 beautiful 9 year old, heavy duty mechanic and fly fisherman that likes tinkering with tech.
So I have been bringing my 10 year old HP cq5328f back to life with a new HD, PSU and GPU but now my 9yr old daughter wants a gaming PC. Go figure
What I am looking for is to build my own gaming PC for her if the cost is within reason. I have got all my stuff so far from Newegg.ca and they have been great with my last rma video card return. I am not sure what would be considered a decent gaming PC and whether AMD or Intel is the best route. She is Into kids games now but she is only getting older and is starting to play stuff like PUBG and from what I can tell it needs a min. of 65fps. I see there are DIY kits at newegg but most only come with mb and CPU, still need psu, GPU, ram and so forth. Just looking for suggestions as to what would be a good mb and CPU as a starting point and if I can get a few things each payday to spread out the $$$ over a few months. Interested to hear your ideas. Thanks, Ed

 

[wingman99]

How much did you want to spend? For gaming I would go for Intel coffee lake.

 

[coastrider]

I did not have a budget as of yet cause I dont really have any idea what a budget would need to start at. I'm also in Canuck bucks, so basically 30% more than y'all

 

[coastrider]

You mean something like this combo? Obviously would need a video card and win 10 too
https://m.newegg.ca/combo/combodetail?comboId=3837307&comboType=2

 

[wingman99]

You mean something like this combo? Obviously would need a video card and win 10 too
https://m.newegg.ca/combo/combodetail?comboId=3837307&comboType=2

That would be a great setup for gaming years to come and maybe a GTX 1080ti and a 1 TB HDD for more games.

 

[trents]

Welcome, coastrider!

The first piece of advice I would give is be very skeptical of DIY kits and bundled deals. They often consist of inferior components or components that have know issues (and so aren't moving) and they are trying to get rid of them by bundling them together and putting the combo on sale.

It would be very helpful if you could give us a budget to work from. But my estimate would be plan on spending $1100-$1200 CA $ if you go with a higher end video card.

 

[coastrider]

Like to keep it under 2,000 canadian if possible. Thanks for the tips

 

[wingman99]

The bundle you picked out has top of the line parts for your price range. You could save some money step down to i7 8700k and EVGA 650 watt.

 

[Vishera]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/nRmkWD

This build will last her a long time at 1080p, even high refresh rate, like 120Hz, 144Hz, etc. Wasn't sure if you needed a keyboard and mouse, so I included those. However...

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/mHy4YT

This build is a little over $200 cheaper, and will give you performance within 5-10% of the Intel one I listed. It's up to you which one you'd want to go with, but I'd personally recommend AMD.

 

[trents]

Get your Windows OS from Kinguin.net and save some bucks there.

 

[Vishera]

Get your Windows OS from Kinguin.net and save some bucks there.

Or just don't buy a license. Microsoft has a download for the media creation tool, it'll make any CD or USB bootable with the installation files. It doesn't require you to activate anymore, but you will have a watermark in the bottom right-hand corner.

 

[caddi daddi]

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/nRmkWD

This build will last her a long time at 1080p, even high refresh rate, like 120Hz, 144Hz, etc. Wasn't sure if you needed a keyboard and mouse, so I included those. However...

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/mHy4YT

This build is a little over $200 cheaper, and will give you performance within 5-10% of the Intel one I listed. It's up to you which one you'd want to go with, but I'd personally recommend AMD.

you can go with the ryzen build and it'll be a good one.
for gaming you just don't need to spend the money on an intel I7 8700K, an intel I5 8600K is all you need.